Where does “sälpä” come from?

sälpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sala, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala, from Proto-Uralic śala — elm.

sälpä (Finnish): spar

Definitions

  1. spar

Ancestry of “sälpä”, step by step

sälpä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm

via Latin salpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsalpaA kind of stockfish
2Ancient GreekσάλπηSalema porgy

via Proto-Finnic šalpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicšalpabolt (door bolt)

Words derived from “sälpä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic śala →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *sala →Every word from Finnish sala →